Mexico Defends Ouster Of Foreigners In Chiapas

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April 14, 1998

MEXICO CITY — Mexico on Monday vigorously defended the expulsion of 12 foreigners it accused of meddling in the troubled state of Chiapas, saying they would have been in breach of the law anywhere else in the world. Authorities arrested eight Mexicans along with three Americans, two Canadians, four Spaniards, two Belgians and a German in the southern state on Saturday.